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Another polypropylene(5, PP)
Most of this came from food packaging, like the one in the pic. The pulled pork was delicious ;)

A recent Goodwill find of a convection oven will allow me to heat...

Today's project and shave.
B.S Black diamond wearing scales made from 100% grocery bags. A more subtle pattern.
Bags were cut into roughly 2 inch squares and melted. They appeared quite stringy and...

The newest set of PP scales is in the foreground. Standing razors have been previously posted. L-R HDPE, PP, HDPE.
The 7 x 7 inch plates are all polypropylene,(5) I should have enough material to...

I'm happy with this set of scales.
They sanded much better than the HDPE. It still has a slightly soapy feel so 800 grit was where I stopped. A light buffing with a cotton Dremel wheel at low speed...

Still working out the process.
I picked up (2), 7 inch square, 1/2 inch thick, steel plates from eBay. Made a box from scrap particle board to fit them.
The plates were placed on top of the oven...

Ok, let us call this one a conditional fail.
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I used the milk jug and green blank and spent a bit of time evening out the two halves on a belt sander due to the flex in my flattening...

Worth a shot, that's why we experiment ;)
How thick are those scales?
Polypropylene (5PP) also melts around 350. It is probably worth a try as well.

@DVW, those look good!
My first HDPE scales mike at .19 inch each, thick but not out of line for a beefy blade in my opinion.
The flex is reasonable and behaves as scales should, no point of...

That is a big plus that the rejects and scrap can all be remelted and tried again.
I'ts a learning process too, my clamping rig has too much flex and I'm dealing with varying thickness because of...

I think i spent a total of 2 hours today on the green but I was melting the milk jug in layers and sprinkling the green between them. I would say depending on quantity and size of pieces at least a...

A few more blanks, new scales this weekend.
Yellow, white black and milk jug:
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Milk jug and green otc supplement bottle:
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Translucence of milk jug, it is clear when melted and gets...

My normal go to wedge material is acrylic sample chips. I was in a hurry to get this done so I dremeled up a section of some broken hard rubber scales. It is just pinned in with a friction fit, no...

I left these relatively thick and they are fairly rigid, thinner ones may have a bit more flex.
A 2 in the triangular recycle symbol is HDPE, generally it will have both the symbol and the plastic...

I watched a few videos on plastic recycling recently and thought I would give it a try.
This is the results of my first attempt making scales from self-recycled HDPE (2) plastic.
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Bottle...